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Bernie Madoff once rejected investing in me. I went to see him because I was raising money for a project. My neighbor worked for him.. As I was walking up the steps to his building (the famous “Lipstick Building” in NYC) other hedge fund managers were calling me and begging, “PLEASE help us invest in […]

This is the story I told my two little girls when they were just babies. “Daddy, tell us a story”. Gene Wolfe needed to fit a baked potato into a tennis ball can. Imagine if you were given that assignment at work. What would you do? He crushed the potato into powder and then baked […]

Just stop it. Michael Jordan didn’t make it to his junior varsity basketball team. We all know this already. It’s not what made him a success. He didn’t make it to his team because HE WAS NOT GOOD ENOUGH. Period. He sucked. He admits it. He went home and cried. He kept picturing the list […]

Stop it. Artificial intelligence is not “intelligence”. And it’s not “artificial consciousness”. Everyone is afraid that AI will suddenly wake up, get upset and take over the world. Or that AI will wake up and take all of our jobs. This will happen. But without the “wake up” part. Below I describe what real AI […]

I had millions of dollars from selling a business and then I lost it all. I lost my home. I had the IRS all over me. Then I lost my family. Then all my relationships fell apart. My friends and family from the year 2000 no longer talk to me. I take that back. One […]

I dropped out of college. I bought a car with the money instead. Then I got terrified and jealous. I made a mistake. I saw everyone walking around campus. Was I going to be a loser? I returned the car, cancelled the check, and re-enrolled in college. This is how much of a loser I […]